Cot and calf weaner.



0. H. PATTERSON. COLT AND GALE WEANER. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 6, 1910.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

CHARLES H. PATTERSON, OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO.

COLT AND OALF WEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Application filed July 5, 1910. Serial No. 570,287.

' soN, citizen of the United States, residing at Trinidad, in the countyof Las Animas and State of Colorado, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Colt and Calf W'eaners, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention pertains to colt and calf weaners of the muzzletype; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous weanerhereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification:Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the weaner to a coltand also illustrating the manner in which the sections are separatedwhen the colt puts its head down to eat 0r graze. Fig. 2 is an enlargedperspective view showing the sections of the weaner closed against eachother. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section illustrative of the manner inwhich the hooks on the upper section operate to lock the forward end ofsaid section to the forward end of the lower section when the colt putsits head up to nurse.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A is the lower section of my novel weaner. The said section comprises abail-shaped main frame a and comparatively small wires 6 connected tothe side bars and front bar of the main frame and forming in combinationtherewith a basket. Connected to the rear portions of the side bars ofthe main frame a is an arch bar 0 which is designed to rest over theanimals nose with a View of holding the section A close against theunder side of said muzzle. It will also be noted by reference to Figs. 1and 2 that the side bars of the main frame a. terminate at their rearends in angularly disposed arms (Z which are provided with intermediatelateral deflections e and terminate, in turn, in eyes f. The lateraldeflections c of the arms 4% are for the connection of the cheek strapsg of a halter, which may be and preferably is of the construction shownin Flg. 1.

B is the upper section of the weaner, and C C are the hooks on theforward end'of the said upper section; the said hooks being, bypreference, of flat material. The upper section B comprises abail-shaped main frame ii having angularly disposed arms 2' which arepivotally or loosely connected at j to the eyes f of section A, anarched bar in con nected to the upper portions of the angularly disposedarms 2', and comparatively small wires Z connected to the frame it andthe arched bar 7: and serving in connection therewith to form an upperbasket. The hooks C are pivotally or loosely connected at m to theforward bar of the main frame it comprised in the upper section B, andare preferably shaped as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

It will be understood from the foregoing that when the colt puts itshead down to eat, the upper or forward section B stays up and affords anopening between its forward end and the forward end of the lower or rearsection A sufficiently wide to enable the colt to freely eat or drink.The colt equipped with the weaner can also eat long or short grass orhay on a stack, but when the colt puts its nose up as is necessary toenable it to nurse, the upper or forward section B drops down on therear or lower section, and then the hooks C gravitate or swing intoengagement with the forward end of the frame a in section A, and therebyprevent the colt from rubbing or moving one of the sections away fromthe other. In other words, when the colt tips its nose up, the hooks Csecurely lock the forward end of the section B to the corresponding endof the section A, and hence the colt is effectually prevented fromnursing. WVhen, however, the colt puts its head down, the hooks C swingaway from and out of engagement with the forward end of the section A,and then the forward ends of the sections are adapted to separate forthe purpose before stated.

WVhile I have shown and described one form of my invention, it is to beunderstood that I am not limited to the details or the form or relativearrangement of parts disclosed, but that modifications may be madetherein without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. In a colt and calf weaner of the muzzle type, the combination of alower or rear section comprising a bail-shaped main frame havingangularly-disposed rear arms provided with intermediate deflections, anarchbar connected at its ends to the main frame, and wires connected tothe main frame and forming therewith a basket; an upper or forwardsection comprising a bail-shaped main frame having angularly-disposedrear arms pivotally connected to the arms of the first-named section, anarch-bar connected at its ends to the main frame and wires connected tothe main frame and arch-bar and forming therewith a basket, and hookspivoted to the forward end of the main frame of the second-named sectionand adapted to swing into and out of engagement with the forward end ofthe main frame of the firstnamed section, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a colt and calf weaner of the muzzle type, the combination of alower or rear sec tion having a basket and a transverse-archbar adaptedto rest over an animals nose and also having upwardly directed reararms, and an upper or forward section having a basket and also havingupwardly-directed rear arms connected with and adapted to swing on thearms of the first-named section.

8. In a colt and calf weaner of the muzzle type, the combination of alower or rear section having a basket and a transverse-archbar adaptedto rest over an animals nose and also having upwardly directed reararms, an upper or forward section having a basket and also havingupwardly-directed rear arms connected with and adapted to swing on thearms of the first-named section, and gravitating means on thesecondnamed section for engaging the first-named section on upwardinclination of the animals muzzle and for moving out of engagement withsaid section on downward inclination of the animals muzzle.

4. In a colt and calf weaner of the muzzle type, the combination ofsections pivotally connected one to the other and adapted to receive theanimals muzzle between them, and hooks pivoted to the forward end of onesection and adapted, when the animal tips its muzzle upward, to swinginto engagement with the forward end of the other section.

5. In a colt and calf weaner of the muzzle type, the combination ofsections pivotally connected one to the other and adapted to receive theanimals muzzle between them, and gravitating means 011 one section forengaging the other section and locking the sections together when theanimal tips its muzzle upward.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. PATTERSON. Witnesses:

KARL T. HEY, E. J. RICE.

